"The stronger and more finely tuned a ships drives, the shorter the distance the drives can create," slipping his thumbs together so they overlapped in an ever shorter distance while never breaking apart his fingers that arched above and represented real space. Samson could tell that the Captain was one of those people who would talk with their hands given the chance, as he visualized everything, especially complicated mathematical and practical concepts. "After we create that shortened distance along my thumbs, like a straw or hose between the start point at my right wrist and the end point at my left wrist, we can travel that distance instead of the full arch of the real space represented by my fingers."
He continued to babble as Samson stared open mouth at the fingers and thumbs susp
